More than 100 hospitalized during LA festival

The Associated Press

Authorities say more than 200 people were injured and more than 100 were taken to hospitals during a two-day electronic music festival and rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park.

Authorities said Sunday that some were hurt as people rushed barriers trying to get in without the $75 admission ticket at the 14th annual Electric Daisy Carnival, which featured rides and five stages with performances by Moby and Will.I.Am.

Los Angeles fire spokesman Brian Humphrey says most of the 114 people hospitalized were taken for drug or alcohol problems. Humphrey says there were 226 injuries reported.

The extent of the injuries was not clear.

Organizers say the event drew a total of 185,000 people on Friday and Saturday.